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I saw many men at the mall today. And they don’t YET have the glassy-eyed-look-of-impending-death that the mall seems to bring on. See, they’re still happy from eating turkey leftovers and watching lots of football on TV. BUT, pretty soon, as the seemingly never-ending reality of Christmas shopping hits, when the average guy enters the mall, he WILL look increasingly like he just staggered up after getting hit by Santa’s sleigh, particularly if his female S.O. is doing any of the following: …

There are words and phrases I have a hard time saying out loud in public without major cringe factor. Sometimes the cringe is from embarrassment, and sometimes just imagined discomfort, or because the meaning of the words is just so gross. I think I will make a list of words and phrases that make me cringe. Because that will be fun! So here we go! …

Yes, the holiday craze has hit. Do you feel it when you’re out and about? In the traffic, the stores, the ‘tudes? I find at this time of year that people are either unusually nice or unusually nasty. This past week, I have had some SUPER nice interactions with store clerks, grocery baggers, total strangers, etc. And boy oh boy, there have been some real nastoids out there already spreading their version of holiday “cheer” too. 😉 …

Out in the garage yesterday, I noticed that Claire had her head in the empty washing machine. She was leaning over it and looking in. I asked her what she was doing. She said, “Oh nothing. I’m just seeing what it feels like to be a mom.” …

I’ve been reading a diverse collection of Korean poetry books lately. They all contain more angst and sadness than anything else, which I find very interesting. And the poems in these anthologies that are “happy” often have to do with expounding on natural scenery (mountains, ocean, butterflies, clouds, flowers, trees, and…oblique references to men/women cavorting with one another among the flowers, trees, butterflies, oceans, mountains, etc.) …

It seems I need to get crackin’ on “Brain Age” (Nintendo DS game). Claire is down to the 40’s in her brain age, and guess where I’m at? I’ve only played it twice and am something like 89 years old! I’M SLOW. VERY SLOW. That name-the-colors intro exercise kind of stresses me out though. I am not good at that kind of thing. I just spaz and then can’t do it and start laughing. Kind of like when I do sit-ups. Yes, it very much reminds me of doing sit-ups in P.E. where I perpetually scored in the zero-eth percentile. I didn’t think it was really possible to be in the 0th percentile. But it is! That’s what happens when the mere thought of all your classmates doing sit-ups in a big row – everyone going frantically up and down – makes you laugh like crazy. You simply cannot sit UP when you’re laughing. Not possible. It makes you get a zero-eth percentile ranking, which of course means the President of the United States is displeased with you for failing his special test. And the gym teacher d …

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